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CROCELL Signs With CASKET MUSIC
CROCELL, the new Danish death metal band featuring current and former members of COMPOS MENTIS, ADVERSARY, SLUGS, DEMOLITION INC. and MARE CRISIUM, has inked a deal with Casket Music (a division of Copro Records) for the worldwide release of its 11-track debut album, "The God We Drowned". Due on Nov...October 23, 2008
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DIMMU BORGIR's 'The Invaluable Darkness' Lands On 'Top Music Videos' Chart
"The Invaluable Darkness", the three-disc package of 2 DVDs plus a bonus audio CD from Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR, sold 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 5 on the Top Music Videos chart. Checking in from DANZIG's Blackest Of...October 22, 2008
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DORNENREICH, GOD DETHRONED, IN SLUMBER Confirmed For Germany's WALPURGIS METAL DAYS IX
DORNENREICH, GOD DETHRONED and IN SLUMBER have been confirmed for the Walpurgis Metal Days IX festival, set to take place May 1-2, 2009 at Festplatz in Hauzenberg, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: DISBELIEF DORNENREICH ENTHRONED FLESHLESS GOD DETHRONED IN SLUMBER POPPY SEE...October 21, 2008
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ETHS Frontwoman: 'We Love Mixing The Innocent With The Beast'
UK's Terrorizer magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with vocalist Candice of the Marseille, France-based female-fronted metalcore band ETHS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Terrorizer: Introduce yourself and your band to those who don't know. Candice: "I'm Candice, t...October 17, 2008
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SWORN: In Writing Mode
SWORN, the Norwegian black metal project led by Lars Jensen (MYRKGRAV),has issued the following update: "The songs for the [second SWORN] album are taking form and the plan is to enter the studio in the beginning of 2009, and we have already started working hard on pre-productions of songs. The new...October 13, 2008
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DIMMU BORGIR: Footage From Los Angeles DVD Screening Posted Online
On September 30 at the Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles, fans of Norwegian black metal had the unique opportunity to attend an exclusive, advanced screening of footage from DIMMU BORGIR's "The Invaluable Darkness" DVD, a three-disc package of 2 DVDs plus a bonus audio CD scheduled for North Americ...October 12, 2008
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RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER: New Album Artwork Unveiled
Philadelphia thrashers RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER have unveiled their new album cover created by Mike Hrubovcak of VisualDarkness.com (SINISTER, MORTICIAN, GRAVE, etc.). Due in early 2009, "Living for Death, Destroying the Rest" is said to be "a violent upgrade" from the band's debut release on Relapse...October 10, 2008
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MY MINDS WEAPON Signs With DRAKKAR ENTERTAINMENT
Drakkar Entertainment has announced the signing of the Scottish band MY MINDS WEAPON. The quintet from Edinburgh is considered one of the great metal hopefuls in the UK and immediately wowed the company from Witten, Germany, which has made a name for itself with acts such as NIGHTWISH, KREATOR and L...October 7, 2008
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Traitors
MISERY INDEX is one well-oiled machine that consistently releases great albums. Its style of grindcore/crust-infused death metal is second to none and the quartet just keeps getting better, whether in the studio or on the stage. The last album, "Discordia" upped the ante with more dynamic songwritin...October 6, 2008
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Hundre a Gammal
Arguably the world's leading exponent of stripped-down, mid-paced, groove-inherent Norwegian black metal not named DARKTHRONE, KHOLD makes a welcome return after several years' hiatus with "Hundre a Gammal". This band's stock in trade is deceptively simple dirge, barren and bleak skeletons of songs...October 6, 2008
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DIMMU BORGIR Announces Session Musicians For BLACKEST OF THE BLACK TOUR
Due to a recent addition to his family, DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Galder (real name: Thomas Rune Andersen) will not be able to join his bandmates on the Blackest Of The Black tour alongside headliners DANZIG. States DIMMU guitarist Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud): "We have some new, temporary p...October 1, 2008
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JADED HEART Preparing To Enter Studio
German melodic hard rock masters JADED HEART are preparing to enter the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2007's "Sinister Mind". According to the band, "The new material sounds very fresh. It embraces all the different trademarks of JADED HEART. It is a continuation of 'Sinister Mind' and...September 30, 2008
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Death Metal Illustrator MIKE HRUBOVCAK To Take Part In NYC Gallery Show Tomorrow
Mike Hrubovcak, vocalist for the bands MONSTROSITY and VILE and death metal illustrator/album cover artist for such groups as MORTICIAN, SINISTER, GRAVE, AVULSED, CATTLE DECAPITATION, XXX MANIAK, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER and BRAIN DRILL, and his company VisualDarkness will be part of an art gallery s...September 25, 2008
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MEDEIA's 'Cult' Lands On Finnish Chart
"Cult", the second full-length album from the Finnish "alternative death metal" act MEDEIA, has entered the official chart in the band's country at position No. 28. "Cult" was released on September 17 through Fullsteam Records. The CD, consisting of eleven "gloomy, hard-hitting yet still melodic att...September 24, 2008
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DIMMU BORGIR Singer, Fiancée To Attend Los Angeles Screening Of 'The Invaluable Darkness'
DIMMU BORGIR frontman Stian Tomt Thoresen (a.k.a. Shagrath) and his fiancée Christina Fulton (Nicolas Cage's 41-year-old ex-girlfriend) will attend the exclusive, advanced screening of footage from DIMMU BORGIR's "The Invaluable Darkness" DVD on Tuesday, September 30 at 10 p.m. at the Steve Allen Th...September 23, 2008
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